By the year 2030, or__________, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could be doubled.
thereabouts
She loves to read - she_____________ one book after another
devours
I was trying not to listen to their conversation, but I finally gave up and started some serious__________
eavesdropping
A person's capacity cannot be compromised because they hold______ or perhaps irrational views on life.
peculiar
He_________ the men's faces carefully/closely, trying to work out who was lying.
scrutinized
Suddenly the car began to slow down, the lights________ and the battery warning light came on.
dimmed
Gathered all together in this church, we_________ those who lost their lives in the war.
commemorate
After__________ away at work all week, it's good to relax.
toiling
When he tells the story, there is an__________, as though it happened to someone else.
aloofness
The developed countries have often been________, with justice, for not bringing inflation under control.
reproached
He is the last person in the world to be________ with any such desire at all.
reproached
She has a few_________ ideas about what she might want to do in the future, but nothing definite.
nebulous
Equally, it refers to the availability of appropriate devices, as rapid technological change soon makes systems__________ and manufacturers discontinue production.
obsolete
Nevertheless, these standards will___________ significant new costs on all providers, and it is expected that many small providers will be unable to meet them.
impose
This is___________ the sort of description that someone unfamiliar with the protest plans would give.
presumably
The flames quickly__________ the building.
devoured
We__________ below on exactly what this means.
elaborate
Everywhere people were crying and_________ beside ruins.
whimpering
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